John Bower Mowat

M.A. A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

, D.D. (June 8, 1825 – July 15, 1900) was a

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minister and university professor in

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, Canada. John Bower Mowat (known as Professor John), the son of John Mowat and Helen Levack, was born in Kingston,

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and was educated in

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, at Queen's College and at the

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. In 1848, he was appointed catechist to

John Machar John Machar (1796 – February 7, 1863) was the second principal (1846–1853) of Queen's University, then known as Queen's College at Kingston. Machar was born in Tannandice, Scotland. He was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1819. In 1827 ...

. Mowat was ordained at Niagara in 1850. He was married twice: first to Janet, the daughter of Reverend Robert McGill, in 1855 and then to Emma, the daughter of John McDonald in 1861. Mowat served as pastor of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Niagara from 1850 to 1857. In that year, he was named professor of oriental languages, biblical criticism and church history at Queen's. He served as acting registrar in 1881. His brother Oliver served as premier of Ontario. His son Robert McGill Mowat was the father of

Angus McGill Mowat Angus McGill Mowat, B.A., M.A., (November 19, 1892 – September 21, 1977) was a Canadian librarian who initiated and contributed to the continuing improvement of the library systems in Saskatoon and Ontario, from the 1920s through to the 1960s. ...

and the grandfather of

Farley Mowat Farley McGill Mowat, (May 12, 1921 – May 6, 2014) was a Canadian writer and environmentalist. His works were translated into 52 languages, and he sold more than 17 million books. He achieved fame with the publication of his books on the Can ...

. His son

John McDonald Mowat John McDonald Mowat (February 17, 1872 – October 7, 1916) was a lawyer and politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of Kingston from 1906 to 1907. Known as Major John, the son of John Bower Mowat and Emma McDonald, he was called ...

served as mayor of Kingston. Mowat died at Kingston at the age of 75.

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